ShadowBane Closed Beta Becomes Front For War.

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The clans and cities in the Shadowbane beta go to war over resources and assassinations.

By Cynn Samhain

I have been watching the Mac/PC hybrid MMOG Shadowbane for a while now with great interest. The game went into closed beta testing recently, and from that, several very interesting things happened. Most notable of the events is a full-scale war that has erupted between player cities.

Here is an excerpt from the official site speaking on one of the battles:

Akalabethia vs. Comptonia Before Comptonia marched to the city gates of Akalabethia the two cities fought many small frontier battles. Akalabethia was built near an abundance of natural resources, and both cities valued the treasures that were found in the northern mountain range nearby. The resources found within the icy mountains were essential to each city¿s economy, and they would need to be gathered in order to fund a major war campaign. Akalabethia deployed a regular contingent of scouts who would sound the alarm when Comptonia patrols drew near, and soon a patrol would flood out of the Akalabethia gates to chase away the intruders. Sometimes the scouts would be assassinated before they could sound the alarm, and Comptonia patrols would waylay unwary adventurers who ventured into the mountains. Neither side was able to wrestle full control of the mountains from the other, but Comptonia was able to gather more resources from the area at a faster pace.

When all was ready Bone Dancer ordered his troops to march on Akalabethia, and the massive war machine that represented Comptonia passed silently through the city gates. Bone Dancer deployed forward scouts to screen the land in front of the army as it marched, and deal with any Akalabethia lookout posts. The scouts patrolling for Akalabethia that night never had a chance to scream out before their throats were cut and darkness engulfed them. By destroying the forward lookouts, Bone Dancer was able to move his troops to the outer perimeter of Akalabethia with little resistance. Once there his massive war machine unleashed their might on the unsuspecting guard shacks, and the guards were quickly consigned to the halls of oblivion.